Liverpool are awaiting further diagnosis on Jordan Henderson’s hamstring injury that has ruled the captain out of the Merseyside derby, but Diogo Jota is on the brink of a return.
Henderson was forced off with the issue during the second half of the midweek victory over Newcastle United at Anfield.
Asked for an update on the skipper’s fitness at his pre-Everton press conference on Friday, Jürgen Klopp said: “Nothing yet. We are still waiting for the result, to be honest. It was now only 12.30 or so; I asked before I came here and [we] didn’t get a result yet.